Lantern support



Nov. 4, 1947. s. csENcslcs LANTERN SUPPORT Filed May 27; 1946 INVENTOR. 5 her C; encs/CS Patented Nov. 4, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LANTERN SUPPORT Steve Csencsics, Erie, Pa.

Application May 27, 1946, Serial No. 672,558

3 Claims.

This invention relates generally to lantern supports and more particularly to lantern supports for use on fishing boats.

It has been the practice in night fishin to hang a lantern over the side of a boat by the use of a curved hook supported in the oarlock apertures or on some other part of the gunwale. The support in these devices has not been good, and many times the lantern is lost. The lantern also slides off of these hooks in rough weather. Since it is desirable to have the light rays directed on the water to draw minnows, prior devices have not permitted this, in that the lantern would necessarily have to be hung in a vertical position.

It is, accordingly, an object of my invention to provide a lantern support which overcomes the above and other defects in present lantern supports, and it is more particularly an object of my invention to provide a lantern support which is simple in construction, economical in cost, and simple in operation.

Another object of my invention is to provide a lantern support which permits the support of a lantern in any rotative position.

Another object of my invention is to provide a lantern support which permits the lantern to be disposed in an upright or an angular position.

Another object of my invention is to provide a, lantern support for a fishing boat which may be easily attached to the gunwale of a boat.

Another object of my invention is to provide a simple clamping means for the base of a lantern in my novel lantern support.

Other objects of my invention will become evident from the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a side elevational view of my novel lantern support, and

Fig. 2 is a plan view of my novel lantern support.

Referring now to the drawings, Figures 1 and 2 show a base clamping member I having a depending clamping jaw 2, an internally threaded depending portion 3, a vertical extending aperture 4, an angularly extending aperture 5, threaded locking screw apertures B and 1 extending into the apertures 4 and 5, and a threaded clamping bolt 8 threadably engagin the threaded depending portion 3, having a clamping head 9 and a handle [8 for securing the member I to the gunwale H of a boat or any other suitable supporting member.

A lantern clamp 26 has an upwardly extending arcuate portion 2|, an outwardly extending threaded stud Z2 opposite to the arcuate portion 2|, a locking jaw 23 movable on the stud 22, and a thumb nut M for moving the locking jaw 23 On the stud 22. A supporting shaft 25 depends from the member 20 and is of a diameter sufficient to snugly enter the apertures 4 and 5 in the base support member I. The lower portion of the shaft 25 has a peripheral groove 26 formed thereon for engaging a locking screw 21 adapted to be threadably engaged to the threaded apertures 6 and l to lock the lantern clamp 25 in any desired rotative position. Although I have shown only two apertures, 4 and 5, off-set angularly from each other, it will be evident that a greater number of apertures may be provided without departing from the spirit of my invention.

In operation, the base support member I is clamped to the gunwale ll of a boat as shown in Figures 1 and 2 by rotation of the handle I!) of the stud member 8. This may be placed in the forward part of the boat if it is desired to use the lantern as a running light, or towards the center of the boat if it is desired to use the lantern for a fishing light. When the lantern is utilized as a running light, shaft 25 of the lantern support 20 is disposed in the Vertical aperture A in the base support as shown in Fig. 1 and the stem 25 is rotated until the lantern is directed in a forward direction. When it is desired to use the lantern as a fishing light, the shaft 25 is disposed in aperture 5, wherein the rays of the light from the lantern will be directed on the water for night fishing. It has been found that when the lantern is in an angular position when disposed in aperture 5, minnows are drawn to this light and the fish are drawn to the minnows. The base of a lantern 39 is easily disposed on the lantern clamp 20 as shown in Fig. 1 between the arcuate portion 2| and the locking jaw 23 and secured by the thumb nut 24.

It will be evident from the foregoing that I have provided a very simple lantern support which may be disposed in any rotatable position, and which may be disposed in different angular relationships by very simple means.

Various changes may be made in the specific embodiment of my invention without departing from the spirit thereof or from the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

l. A lantern support comprising a clamping base member with aligned vertically extending apertures in difierent angular planes, a lantern clamp member having a depending shaft for disposal in any of said apertures, and means for clamping said shaft in any rotative position.

2. A lantern support comprising aclamping base member having aligned vertically extending apertures in different angular planes, a lantern clamp member having a platform with an arcuate marginal projecting portion and a looking jaw opposite to said arcuate portion, and a depending shaft adapted to be inserted in any of the apertures in said clamping base member and means for locking said shaft in said apertures in any rotative position.

3. A lantern support as set forth in claim 2' wherein said lockin jaw is movable on a threaded shaft member extending outwardly from said platform and a threaded member engages said locking jaw to move it to a locking position with reference to the base of a lantern, said threaded member threadably engaging said threaded shaft.

STEVE CSENCSICS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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